Junior Non-Fiction: Why is it Fun to Be Frightened? By Margee Kerr
Why is it fun to be frightened? by Margee Kerr is an engaging non-fiction article exploring the science and psychology of fear and why people deliberately choose frightening experiences when they know they are safe. With scientific research, personal experience, and accessible language, the article discusses fear, challenging yourself, social connection, and human behaviour.
This complete text study helps junior secondary students build their understanding of the text before moving into close analysis and critical thinking. No prep needed, editable, and ready to go.
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This resource includes:
⭐ A student workbook.
⭐ An answer book.
You and your students will enjoy:
❤️ Context activities exploring Margee Kerr, the science of fear, the fight-or-flight response, and why people choose frightening experiences.
❤️ Comprehension activities and a summary to build confidence with the text.
❤️ Includes genre, key ideas, research and evidence, setting, structure, audience, perspective, writer's purpose, and important quotations.
❤️ Also covers tone and mood and language choices, as well as persuasive appeals, including ethos, pathos, and logos, and how Kerr uses evidence to make her ideas convincing.
❤️ Critical thinking activities that encourage students to consider human behaviour, different literary lenses, alternative interpretations, and the wider relevance of Kerr's ideas.
Formats:
🖥️ Microsoft PowerPoint, resized to an A4 page. This means your resource:
- Is completely editable.
- Will easily upload to your Google Drive if you prefer the Googley suite.
- Is printable 📃
🖥️ A PDF version of each document.
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✅ Junior Non-Fiction - Born and Raised in Pātea
✅ My Lens, Their Lens - Perspective/Point of View
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